Received the Lush cable and listened yesterday for a while. First impressions are: detailed, dynamic, and "full-bodied" with no hint of bloat or roll-off. I still have the NOS1a (no 75B or G3 upgrade yet). I find that both with Clarixa and the Lush cable, SQ is considerably better (depth and realism particularly) with the Intona, which for me seems to only work with the short cable on the DAC end.

Of course, all of this is while also getting used to the Orelos, which are "breaking-in" and truly fantastic.

The system is sounding so insanely good. The test for me always is getting lost in the music.

First impressions are: detailed, dynamic, and "full-bodied" with no hint of bloat or roll-off. I still have the NOS1a (no 75B or G3 upgrade yet). I find that both with Clarixa and the Lush cable, SQ is considerably better (depth and realism particularly) with the Intona, which for me seems to only work with the short cable on the DAC end.

I have the same configuration. I'm completely agreed with your desciption. Depth and more realitic sound. I prefer the intona in the chain.

Hahaha. I understand the intentions but it doesn't work out really. This is probably because the Lush miss is mangled with while only the colour of light should have changed. And then the exact other way around.So miss Lush is looking cold now.

Really funny how the both of you are able to use normal sharpening means (of various kinds and undoubtedly 10 times more than the one attempt shown of each) to express your perception of what you hear. Something fresh and new. The great thing seems to be that it allows communication over the subject, which is audio.

What's presented tells :a. That you can not be right both at the same time;b. (or) That there's subjectiveness in order;c. That I don't agree with both of you (am I also subjective ? ).

I think the main problem with expressing like this and with the Lush as the subject, is that it is mainly about a shift in balance. This is not really about something gets worse but another thing gets better ... it is merely about a better balance and how to express that (by this visual and in the and manipulative means).A too young girl for us comes to mind. Make her older and she gets better in balance with our desires.(yeah yeah, I know ...)Now find some morphing software.

But we are - we've both chosen exactly the same image for Miss Lush! Bert's Miss Clarixa would be my Miss Clarixa-Intona. (Perhaps we'd have the same Miss Clarixa if our mid/high horns were made of the same material?)

Mani, An excellent write-up on CA. I've been meaning to write for sometime that I am in awe of the genius, and I don't use that word lightly, of Peter. Just on the software side of things very few engineers could write the code at some many different levels (from kernel drivers up to the UI). On top of that, add in the the skills needed to be build a world class DAC, USB cable, PC music server, etc. Peter without a doubt in my mind has more knowledge of digital playback than anyone else in the world. I believe his contributions to the audio space has been game changing. Thank you Peter for allowing me to enjoy digital playback at a level I never thought possible. And I know there is more to come...